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The activites in this text use the BASIC Stamp 2 microcontroller module on a Board of Education, or a BASIC Stamp HomeWork Board. It is included in the BASIC Stamp Activity Kits and BASIC Stamp Discovery Kits.

Version 3.0

The cadmium-sulfide photoresistor was replaced with an RoHS compliant phototransistor for all light-sensing activities, requiring re-writes of Chapters 7 and 10.

Chapter 4 includes improved servo control activities and illustrations.

The Setup and Testing instructions from Chapter 1, and the Troubleshooting from the appendix have been moved to the BASIC Stamp Editor Help file.

The Parallax CD is no longer included.

Chapter 10 has been redesigned with a new final project prototype.

Version 2.2

This version uses a cadmium-sulfide photoresistor for all light-sensing activities. The zip archive for this older version includes an errata document and one BASIC Stamp example program cited as a free download in the text.